Equity in the Built Environment

Does design have the power to both prohibit and provide opportunity? Can our built environment contribute to an equitable society?

EQUITY is one of the National Building Museum’s Pillars of Impact. The Equity in the Built Environment initiative focuses on the relationship between equity, social justice and our built environment. Through public programs, workshops, and new exhibitions, the series illuminates how design and construction can perpetuate inequality and foster divisiveness and yet also create opportunity and empower communities. It examines how choices we make in the design of buildings, landscapes, interiors, and urban planning can be a cause or cure of disparities.

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